By Kayla Keppler ‘26 The humble, oat-colored cottage house sitting atop a small slope covered in crocodilegreen, untrimmed grass, never seemed so empty. The neighboring barn with a sturdy straw …
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A Talented Child – 2023 Underclassmen Fiction 1st Place
By Ivy Lang, ‘26 Autumn. Such a wonderful time of year. The people loved the festivals, delicacies, and decorations. Most notably however, they loved pumpkins. Pumpkin spice, pumpkin patches, pumpkin …
Pleasance – 2023 Upperclassmen Fiction Runner-Up
Huck Johanberg moved into Pleasance two months ago. Pleasance, overall, wasthe wrong thing to name this town, in Huck’s opinion — if you considered muddy, crocodile-infested marshland pleasant, then Pleasance …
Pretty Isn’t Pretty (Enough) – 2023 Upperclassmen Fiction 1st Place
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! The sound of the alarm broke the stillness of the room, causing me to stir from my sleep. I slowly arose and called for my sister, my …
A Lapse of Judgement – 2023 Upperclassmen Fiction Runner-Up
Wake up. Wake up. Wake up.I blink my eyes awake, still faintly delirious from the drowsiness of sleep. For a moment, my room feels foreign. Panic shocks me out of …
The Body – 2023 Upperclassmen Fiction Runner-Up
When the body dropped from the sky, Emmy knew the world was ending. Emmy was in the garden harvesting mushrooms under the Oak, surrounded by a plain that emanated into …
All These Horrors – 2023 Poetry 1st Place
By Jude Lee ’26 Every year the chilly whisper of autumn blows through town, Turning the sky a morose gray, And the leaves the shades of blood, pumpkin, and brown- …
Intruder – 2023 Poetry Runner-Up
It’s long past midnight, and I hear the front door creak open. I think, Who’s there?, but the only response I receive is silence. My stomach bubbles in unease. I …